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A Reinvention of MIT’s Campus
Spaces for learning, living, discovering, and making were created and renewed during the MIT Campaign for a Better World.
June 14, 2022
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Power and prototypes: Matthew Angelo Harrison at MIT List Visual Arts Center
The Detroit-based artist positions organized labor and workers’ rights as entombed relics, victims of post-industrial economy — and leaves little room for discussion.
June 9, 2022
XR filmmaker tackles Caribbean land ownership issues
Creative technologist preps trio of film and virtual reality documentaries on Barbuda.
May 11, 2022
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11 art exhibits to heat up your summer
When the heat is on, some of us go to the beach, others retreat to air-conditioned movie theatres, and a few smart souls seek out the cool quiet of a museum.
June 13, 2022
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Construction to revamp Metropolitan Warehouse commences
Construction activities are scheduled to begin for the redevelopment of the Metropolitan (Met) Warehouse (Building W41) in June.
June 9, 2022
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Written half a century ago, a children’s book on Beethoven finds a publisher
“He had to overcome so many obstacles in his life, and yet that didn’t deter him from doing what he wanted to do,” Michael Gruenbaum said of composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
May 25, 2022
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It Must Be Now! is a call for change
MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, MIT Wind Ensemble, MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and some special guests came together to perform It Must Be Now! (IMBN!), a two-year endeavor combining music, spoken word, and interpretive dance.
May 26, 2022
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Grammy-winning musician Lupe Fiasco to teach rap at MIT next spring
Rapper and 12-time Grammy nominee Lupe Fiasco has been appointed to the 2022-23 MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars Program at MIT.
May 25, 2022
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Lupe Fiasco Announces New Teaching Job at MIT
Lupe Fiasco is graduating from Chicago rhyme-slinger to MIT professor, announcing Friday that he’ll be teaching at the prestigious school.
May 23, 2022
Lupe Fiasco is Going to be Teaching a Class at MIT
Lupe Fiasco is trading backpack rap for, well, just backpacks. The Food & Liquor MC has been announced as part of MIT’s MLK Visiting Professor Program for the 2022-23 academic year.
May 21, 2022
A Life Worth Living
Azra Akšamija explores the complex role of culture in war and other crises.
May 24, 2022
Lupe Fiasco To Teach Rap At MIT
Earlier this week, Lupe Fiasco announced via social media that he is going to be teaching rap at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
May 20, 2022
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Volunteer Collective Teams Up to Help Ukrainian Design Professionals
To support the large community of design professionals, many of whom have had their lives uprooted by the conflict, a team of architects based in Boston has formed Hire Ukrainian Designers.
May 17, 2022
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Why Scientists Are Turning Molecules Into Music
Markus Buehler, a materials engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and also a musician and composer, believes the crossover between molecules and music goes even further than “music therapy.” He says we could potentially use music to make new … Continued
May 17, 2022
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MIT’s ‘It Must Be Now!’ advances social justice through music and media
Massachusetts Institute of Technology presented an immersive music and multimedia event with themes of racial injustice and healing.
May 12, 2022
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‘Goodbye to my dreams of being an artist’: Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s Reflections on Art and Idealism
Starting from the most humble of beginnings, Santiago Ramón y Cajal was to become not only Spain’s most distinguished scientist but also, arguably, the founder of the discipline we now know as neuroscience.
May 9, 2022
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“Visualizing the Proton” – Physicists’ Innovative Animation Depicts the Subatomic World in a New Way
MIT professor of physics Richard Milner, Jefferson Laboratory physicists Rolf Ent and Rik Yoshida, MIT documentary filmmakers Chris Boebel and Joe McMaster, and Sputnik Animation’s James LaPlante have teamed up to depict the subatomic world in a new way.
May 9, 2022
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Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond
Dr. Frederick Harris Jr.’s IMBN! Initiative presents a massive music and multimedia event featuring works exploring themes of racial and social justice by leading jazz artists Terri Lyne Carrington, Braxton Cook, and Sean Jones.
May 5, 2022
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MIT to Present IT MUST BE NOW! Featuring 125 Performers of World Premiere Compositions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced It Must Be Now!, a unique immersive music and multimedia event featuring the world premieres of newly commissioned work of three leading jazz artists of our time.
April 29, 2022
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When Classical Music Was an Alibi
“The idea that musicians and their work are apolitical flourished after World War II, in part thanks to the process of denazification,” wrote Emily Richmond Pollock and Kira Thurman.
April 19, 2022
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MIT announces Morningside Academy for Design, to be launched this fall
School of Architecture and Planning and design academy will be housed in newly-renovated Metropolitan Storage Warehouse in September 2022, supported by a $100 million gift from The Morningside Foundation.
April 14, 2022
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MIT holds onto number one in the 2022 QS World University Rankings of top architecture schools
For a third consecutive year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and its Hashim Sarkis-led School of Architecture and Planning has claimed the number one spot.
April 11, 2022
Everyone Reunited at the Art Production Fund Gala Honoring Sanford Biggers
Harlem-based artist Sanford Biggers has most recently been appointed the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. visiting professor and scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, honored by the Savannah College of Art & Design with the deFINE Art Award, and … Continued
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What it means to be counted: MIT art project aims to capture Ogden’s vocal diversity
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, artist Ekene Ijeoma and his group Poetic Justice at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology began thinking about potential miscounts in the U.S census.
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“ROBOTA” EXHIBIT EXPLORES LABOR, TECHNOLOGY, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
An exhibition called “Robota,” by artist Matthew Angelo Harrison, has gone up at MIT and will be displayed there until July 24. Harrison creates sculptures and installations, exploring the themes of colonialism, capitalism, and racism, “while subtly addressing the aspects of … Continued